AeroVironment’s (AV) Switchblade 600 loitering munition system has been selected for Tranche 1 of the first iteration of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Replicator initiative. AV’s Switchblade 600 is […]
Autonomous Flight
QinetiQ achieves UK’s first jet-to-jet teaming between aircraft and autonomous drone
QinetiQ has successfully trialed the UK’s first Crewed-Uncrewed-Teaming demonstration between a crewed aircraft and an autonomous jet drone. The trial – which took place in collaboration with the Defence Science […]
NASA flies drones autonomously for air taxi research
Researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, recently flew multiple drones beyond line of sight (BLOS) with no visual observer. The drones successfully flew around obstacles and each […]
AeroVironment’s JUMP 20 medium UAS demos maritime autonomous takeoff + landing at vessel speeds of more than 20 knot
AeroVironment, Inc.‘s (NASDAQ: AVAV) JUMP 20 VTOL Medium UAS exceeded expectations during the recent U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/4th Fleet Hybrid Fleet Campaign Event (HFCE) that demonstrated human-machine teaming in […]
Skydio X10: Drones in critical industries
Skydio X10 has been launched by Skydio — this is a drone that has been designed for first responders, infrastructure operators as well as U.S. and allied militaries around the […]
Kratos + Hypersonix team to bring DART AE hypersonic system to the U.S. Market
Hypersonix Launch Systems Ltd. and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS) have announced an Exclusive Teaming Agreement to provide the Hypersonix DART AE Hypersonic System within the U.S. […]
Boeing + Shield AI to collaborate on AI + autonomy for defense programs
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Shield AI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore strategic collaboration in the areas of autonomous capabilities and artificial intelligence (AI) on current and […]
Sikorsky + DARPA fly Black Hawk helicopter logistic + rescue missions autonomously
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have successfully demonstrated to the U.S. Army — for the first time — how an […]